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ISSUE 18 PAGES ESTABLISHED LEASED WIRE SERVICE OF THE UNITED PRESS -THURSDAY'S PRESS RUN 4615 Wlllhtr Fair loalgat and Saturday; aomswhat warm. tr Saturday. VOL. fixXVI, NO. 8 DUNK1HK, N.

KUIDAY, SEPTEMHEH 7, 1923 IVr Wrtk Uiltttnt Ctftn 1 FOR TWO MISSING RACE EPIDEMIC TO POISON ALCOHOL CAR Two Dead, One Blinded from Early- Sale in Old Forge. Health Authorities Investigate Mysterious Illnesses. ALL EFFORTS TO FIND CARRIER ARE UNAVAILING Think Consignment Was Deslin ed For Bootleg Plant to Be Redistilled But No Records of Shipment Are Found. Old Forge, Pa, Sept. 7--(UP)-Grate possibility ot a terrible epidemic ot alcohol poisoning somewhere In the United Stales was feared todajr when police learned that a car of poisoned alcohol, which caused two deaths, two cases ot blindness and 153 serious Illnesses here had disappeared completely.

Karly this week a Jersey Central railroad freight car as shunted onto the Ontario and Western siding here. A group ot eleven small boys used It to play "railroad." One dls- coiered the tap on the tank car opes. One whiff ot the contenta and the clcren boys became business men. Them was no mistaking the alcoholic odor. A( prices which would make shudder, the boys sold milk bottle after milk bottle of the alcohol Twenty-flrB and fllty cents was the ordinary price and Old Forge.drink ers laid In a 'apply tor cocktails.

Among those who purchased the alcohol and drank' were Aleck Hydra- lick and Andrew Covet They died It few hours later. tleorge Machlck drank a cococtlon whose baso was made tip of the al- tohol and went blind. Mrs. Mary Knopp was blinded partly. Then came reports from part! the city ot strange sudden Illnesses.

Physicians traced all tho cases, Cumbering 155. to the alcohol Peace officers descended to where the car had been on the siding. Strangely enough between the time ct the alarm and the time the police trrived the car had been put back on the main line and taken away. There was no record here to whom and where from the car had been consigned and there was little chance to trace It. Authorities believed the car contained a poisonous alcohol known as "No.

which contains a great quantity ot wood alcohol and that It was being shipped to a bootleg dlctlllerr tor redistillation. Inasmuch as owners ot the alcohol cannot be found there was no prosecution on that score and no one In Old Force wanted to prosecute the Early Leaders in Big Coast-to-Coast Race Among the early leaders In Class A planes ot the New York-to-Lus Angeles lair derby were the flyers pictured above. At the top are Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W.

Kcnyon ot Ilojton. and below, left to right, are Ted Tanejr, Pittsburgh; W. II. Kmery, Ilradford, Carl Ilowland. Wichita, Kn, and Robert Dake.

Pittsburgh. Kake and Taney are copilots. Rowland was leading the field as the second day of the Clais A dlrlslon race began from Columbus, O. Believes Loss on Heeney Bout Will Bring Boxers to Financial Senses. New York, Sept 7.

(U. Rlckard, czar of the professional sport world, announced today that the era ot million-dollar prlze-flcht purses Is at an end. In his financial report to stockhold ers ot the Madison Square Garden corporation, Illckard said: "Your directors feel that the loss thus sustained Is not an unmixed evil," said Rlckard referring to the recent Tunney-IIeeney fight, "Inasmuch as It should result In a correction ot the situation which has preralled for the past few years wherein the boxers' share ot the receipts has mounted to a point where profits to the promoter vanished. It should be possible arrange for future contests on. a JiiU that will give greater protection the promoter and greater opportunity to make reasonable earnings." Madison Square Garden corporation uia torse nl changed Its fiscal year to end May eren boys discovered the car.

nr 31 nwlnr in None ot the 155 made 111 aerlous condition today. la MTMED Gotham Theaters May Be Closed Just As Season Is About To Begin. Chicago, Sept 7, (U. P.J-A thrill ened strike of operators and stage bands In all Chicago motion picture theaters was averted today when, atter an all-night conference, union representatives and exhibitor! settled their differences orer recent clans' walkout Had the operators and stage called sympathy strike, every motion picture theater In Chicago would hate been closed- New York, Sept 7, (U. officials will decide tomorrow whether 2,000 stage hands will strike for higher wages--a strike that would tie up York's theaters lust ai the sci- son li getting undei wy.

ot five onions la- rolred wet yesterday but reached decision. A specltl meeting ot ail members will decide tomorrow what course to follow. Electricians have demanded 1139 weekly and have been offered ISO, property men and stage carpenters have demanded DO and have beta offered 170 weekly and ordinary Haze hands bavi beea offered 15 SO a ai against their demand. 31 Instead of December 31, owing to the seasonal character of the business. An Interim report covering the firsl fire months of 192) to Msy 31 shows net Income after all charges and federal taxes ot S50J.IOS equlvaleat.to LSI a share on 321.

SCO shares of no par capital stock outstanding. Principal disposition ot earnings was by addition ot to net cnrrent assets and payment ot (121.S2) Indlvldends. Rlckard announced that the Boston Madison Square Garden Is expected be la operation In November. CAPTURE TWO PRISONERS ESCAPED FROM TRANSPORT PLAN NEW CONFAB TO END TEXTILE TROUBLES New Bedford. Mass, Sept new attempt to end the'New lledford textile strike, now In Us twenty-first week, was assured today Formal acceptance was 'announce by tho New lledford textile council an Invitation to meet the manufactur and citizens', mediation commit tee with a view to ending the walkon affecting some 23,000 operatives am twenty-six mill corporations.

In accepting the citizens' commit tee's Invitation, textile council offl clals said they welcomed "tho oppor tunlty to do our full ahare toward reconciling the interests ot the workers with the ol Industry and sin cercly hopo that the proposed confer cnce will accomplish that object In the greatest possible degree." Obregonists Divide Over Two Candidates--May Call Executive Session. DyG-F. I '(United Press Staff Correspondent) Mexico City, Sept 7, (U. political factions were split badly today over the selection of a provisional president to succeed President Cities on Dec. 1.

Tbe Obregonlstas were divided be- weea EmIHo Portes Oil, secretary of Interior, and Gen. Manuel Perez Trevlno. govcraor ot Coahalla. Two days ago, the talk was all of Trcvlno. Wllhla- twenty-four hours I the sltaatloa suddenly shifted, with New York, Sept 7--(U.

Oil appearing ths more probable escaped army prisoners and a desert- choice. er who tried to aid'them In a get- la the contusion of apecnlatioa aad 1 It was expected aa away were again la detention today rumor. It was expected an execat ve and recovering Iron, exposure suffered b. called when a canoe In which the escape was nndertaktn turned over off Coaey Island. Jack McKcntle and Raymond now, the prisoners, slipped off of the army transport.

Grant, upon the eve ot Its departure for California where they faced sentences la the Alcatrat prison. Jack Itussell provided a canoe ss the means ot escape. Atter the craft upset the three men were la Icy water for nine hoars before they were rescued, resuscitated, were taken to the disciplinary barracks at Governor's Island. PARIS WEDDING Paris, Sept -Miss t-ela at any time to select the president, so factional leaders were busy Jockeying tor position In behalf ot their candidates. Leaders of both Obregonlst factions were holding secret sessions at Intervals.

THIBAULT RECEIVES OFFER TO ACCOMPANY EXPLORER Quebec. -Sept 7--(UP)--Eugene Thlbault who, with Dr. Cuhlnler-aad Duko Schiller, was the first man (o come Into contact the German Inns Atlantic plane Dremea last April, has received an offer from Commander tlyrd to Join his South Pole expedition. Disclosures By District Attorney Monaghan Show It To Be Chief Distribution Center For Contraband Liquid. 350,000 GALLONS DIVERTED INTO BOOTLEGGERS' HANDS Underworld Sits Quietly Aloof While Sensational Tales Arc Told to Grand Jury Making Special Probe.

Philadelphia. Sept 7-- (UP)-- Philadelphia was advanced today as a rival ot Chlcsga In the alcohol "racket" To disclosures regarding rait underworld activity, District Attorney Monaghaa added the statement that Philadelphia hid become one ot ths nation's chief distributing centers for bootleg liquor. Kven New York, Monaghan old, was receiving supplies from a bootleg ring with headquarters In. the small but actlvo underHorld section here. Monaghan Slid that 330.000 gallons of alcohol had been diverted from two distilleries Into the hands ot bootleggers.

alcohol ras shipped by railroad-to all parts of the country," Monaghan said. "Bootleggers used trucks to haul the stuff to and from railway yards." In deference to Monaghan's Investigation ot vice, tbj local underworld in barred Its usually hospitable doors, and Is resting for the moment Mu there were Indications that It ra not Idle. Charges were rnaJe hat witnesses before the grand jury considering vlr a evidence had been ntlmldated by "racketeers," at the bootleg ring. agents MODEST YOUTHS VANISH AFTER RESCUING ELEVEN Springfield. Mass, Sept --Eleven persons were rescued by two unidentified youths today when tire swept a drug store on the first floor of a tenement house.

Tho youths discovered the lire while passing the building. went upstairs and aroused Mr. ami Mrs. Joieph Harr and assisted them and their nine children to safety. No one was hurt Following the the two youths left without dlscloilng In fir names.

Lowman Says Their Business Is to Enforce Volstead Law and Amendment. Washington, Sept 7--(UP)-Kxpll- clt Instructions to refrain from any participation In the political campaign lave been telegraphed all federal irohlblllun agents and administrators. Assistant Secretary nf the Treasury ymour Ijiwman told tho United 'rens today. lie said he had wired the men In ho dry nervlro to attend strictly to heir duties from now until election day inj in takn no part whatnoover I any political activities. Stressing that employees ot the pro- ilbltlon service now are unde the civil service, Ixiwman said he was prepared to discipline any dry agent who attempted political action.

Lawman Insisted there would be no tt 1 np nn enforcement lie satJ nrMentally the Philadelphia liquor scandal Is being. left lo stsle author- ties to deal with. My only object In warning agents to abstain from politics, FoeorPhillyV Bootlegger The NKA Philadelphia Ilurca dynamo ot Philadelphia's a on hootli-gKlng IlUlrlct A lorney John Monaghan. pictured here Monigbtn tormerly wa a judge, and as such was known at "Treat 'Km Hough John." Dernard Lawrence, a witness, com ilalned tollonichanthat two men ha tailed him, beat him badly, and warn ed him to drop charges be had madi against a third man. One of the attackers.

Lawrence said, "notorious underworld characte and saloon-keeper." Kxcept for such necessary chores as these, the "racketeers" seem to be under cover. Mayor Mack ey has Informed police that they mus teep the town clean, and the "rack seem to be co-operating. Po- Ice raided miny saloons and cabarets last nlcht. Most were) closei and those found open, the raiders aid. were "dllng near beer to their lorcd patrons.

A succession of saloon keepers was xamlned by the grand jury yesterday Among them was Joseph Ferguson ormer trainer of some of Max "I HofTs stable ot boxen. Fer It was said, had run or flvo years without molestation md police had been questioned re Its freedom. "lino Doo" has ecn mentioned as possibly Involved up top" In tbe bootleg ring. TRANSATLANTIC FLYING SEASON TO CLOSE SOON Paris. Sept 7, (U.

west ound transatlantic flight this year must start within a week, the govern ment meteorological service reported oday. The announcement said that the rstward flying season would end on ept- 15. alter which almost coatlnu us contrary winds would be met by Irplanes. Final preparations were speeded up several aviators. DIeadonne Costes said It h- were to start belqre next Wedr.es ay, he would postpone bis attempt ntll spring.

Louis Couduret, whose previous at- eaipt lasted only twelve minutes, has ent his plane to the factory for over aullag. Ilert Acosta, who planned la fly cross with Mill Mabel Holl, Insisted mnit await Instruction froai Charles I A. Irvine, owner of his plane, before Levlne Is In mid-Atlantic oa 'bis way to New York. Jeaa Assolant and Iteae Lefevre, whose fight ended at Casablanca, Morocco, will return from there and will be crdered oa active duty with their reglaent Emery ot New York.and Capt A la-1 Thlbanlt said that he had received a italr Mackintosh, former husband of! letter-from Dyrd asking him nnder Constance Talmadge flln conditions he would Join were married at noon today, SENTENCED TO DEATH Chatsworth. Oa, Sept tlrs.

Enla Thompson, was sentenced circuit court today to die la th electric chair, Sept for thi murder ot Colemaa Oiborse, a country store keeper. year ago. expedition aM'addt-d that as conditions he had Impoied were not on- thought that hi would Join the tronp. White Plains-Frederick F. Hreck, an Inmate ot the Matteawan hospital tor the criminal Insane; seeking re- leaig on a writ ot Mbeas corpus.

RE-ELECTED Niagara Falls, N. Sept Cleary of Syracuse was re-elected president of the New York state conference of operative plasterers and cement tlnlshera at thi closing session ol the contention hern today, James Robertson ot Niagara Falls was reflected first vice president and John J. Nllaa ol New York was returnH to the post ot secretary- treasurer. id, "was lo keep them out of poll Ics. There hat been no xpeclal pn Htical activity recently ot which I am I'ort Aa Krlnce.

Haiti, Sept (U Relief measures on lirso scale were started today In behalf of 100, 000 IlaltUnt whom President Louis Ilorao reported In danger ot starva tlon after the recent hurricane Ilia devastated part nf the Island. A thorough survey haa been under taken by three mlicd commliiloni. un der an appropriation nf $200.000 mado by the government Tho American lied Cross wai asked for an Initial con trlliutlon ot 100.000 for Immediate relief work pending determination of the tall measures necessary for complete rehabilitation. Eleven supply depots hare been ei tabllshed In the stricken territory. Continuance ot heavy rain morcc the government to speed measures.

up relief NOTIFIES HIMSELF OF HIS OWN NOMINATION Omaha. Sept 7--(UP)--Occupying the dual role ot notification committee and nominee. Dr. Henry Hoffman, aged Omahan, notified last night that he had been nominated as presldetlal candidate on the progressive ticket and then. In an address to an audience consisting ol three casual onlookers and acveral newspaper reporters, accepted leadership In the new party.

Hoffman, who organized the party last summer, liod Invited numerous persons from all parts of the country io attend notification ceremony. Undaunted when none-of them appeared, he took charge ot the entlro ceremony himself. The real Issue before the people was not prohibition but-wlether a few millionaires should own every- hlng In tbe country, he tall In bis acceptance speech. DELAYED Wlscasset Me, Sept scCooner llowdoln, due to arrive tomorrow with Lieutenant Commander toniU n. MacMlllan and the Rawsou.

ttll museum expedition after sear- two years In the far north, may not reach Wlicasset until Sunday. Word to this effect was received Mrs. W. C. Fogg from her son.

Dr. N. Fogg, a ot MicMlllin. who Is now In Sydney, N. H.

to meet llowdoln. Warner Brothers May Acquir Stanley Company and First National Pictures. York, Sept. 7-(UP)-Negolla Inns toward a hugo merger In th amunemrnt companies gathered head way today. Along with a prellmln ary report ol Warner llrotuers Pictures, IDC, It vas announced that el forts are bring mado by that company to acquire Stanley company which has tho same banking sponsorship aa Warmr and also of Keltb-Albee-Or phoum which has large stock owner In Patho exchange.

Control Stanley would alsii carry control First National pictures. Warner brothers pictures earnei about 1501,000 In August, bringing the total net income for the flsca year ended August 31 to over COO after all charges and federal tax en. Current earnings are running a tbe ot over (100,000 monthly anc It It ripecled net this fall will run as hlch as J800.000 monthly. Au Ml 1927 net Income was JIO.l:*. The rain In Warner's expected In the current fiscal year I ascribed to the fact that Warner with exception nf Fox Is the only mov Ing plcturfl producer ready with a complete of sound films this year and be will have thirty-four pictures (Inlihcd by" December 17.

NATION'S OLDEST LIFER HAS 52ND ANNIVERSARY OF LONG PRISON TERM Hoston. Sept 7, (U. Jesse Pom eroy, who probably lias spent more time behind the bars than any man Ic America, today ended his fifty second year ol Imprisonment Tbe tamous lifer, who entered prison as a IS-year-old boy. Is a bent me withered old man, but. strangely enough, a man who has retained his sense of humor and his optimistic views oa a life ol Ireedom which he never can enjoy.

Prison officials said today that Poni- troy was In his usual good bealla Thirty eight of Pomcry's prison years were passed In solitary confinement, but ot late has been allowed the of fellow prisoners. After Pomeroy had confessed lo the murder ot two children, he was sen- enced to be hanged. Ilecanse of bis youth, however, the sentence was com muted In life Imprisonment Thi men who comprised the Pom rroy jury are dead, but Pomeroy lives ou as America's most famous lifer. BEATS OrtUGNON (lermantown Cricket Club, Man helm. Pa, Sept.

7--The United Stales scored the first victory In the nice- match International tennl, series with Trance Ibis afternoon when John Van Ryn, Princeton mar, defeated lacques Ilrugnon slim Frenchman, M. YANKS GAIN Yankee Stadium, N. Sept. Philadelphia Athletics a till game over tho New York fankees this afternoon when the Yanks were shut out by Irving Hajley and his Senator teammates who hit Zachary tor eleven runs out ot sixteen ills. Two Young Students, Roommates Vanish Within Twenty- Four Hours of Registering For; Fall Semester.

AUTHORITIES FEAR MYSTERY REPETITION Marian Mullen, 15, Brooklyn, and Mary Shatlcigh, 14, Buffalo, Were Assigned to New. Quarters This Year. NorthflclJ. Mass, Sept --Authorities of westers Massachusetts today searched for two girl students who disappeared under mysterious clrcumstancra tram Northtleld seminary Wednesday night, twenty- four hoars after they reported for ths of the fall term. Tho girls were Marian Mullen.

IS. ot Ilrooklyn. N. Y. and Mary Shatlelgh, II.

ot lluffalo, N. Y. Th girls were roommates at the seminary last year but this year they were assigned to different dormitories. They were last seen Wednesday at- lernonn on the school campus attired their usual school clothes. The Mullen girl was said to be wearing a green trench coat and her companion a rain coat ot blue.

Authorities aald the girls had not returned home and with the disappearances of Frances St John Smith and Alice Corbett, Smith college sludenU, still frrsh In their minds they have Inaugurated an extensive search. Dakc Clings to Second Place At Wichita--Fort Worth Goal For Day. Fort Worth. Texas. Sept 7, IV.

-Karl Ilowland, piloting bis fleet Ccs-J- na monoplane still was leading the class A planes of the transcontinental a derby when he shot Into dty lrport at 1:07 p. m. today. Rowland hopped off from Kanus tlly. start of the day's run, at 7 a.

w. mllcl lcs to Fort Uorth In hours. 7 minutes. Oklahoma City, Okla, Sept Rowland, holding to his lead the transcontinental Class A air derby, arrived from Wichita, Kansas oday. at 10: J7 a.

m. Oklahoma City Is the second fueling top of the day. From here the fliers -Mil proceed to Fort Worth. Texas. Wichita.

Sept Rowland In his Cessna mono- ilane led the national air derby racers nto Wichita today, landing at tao municipal airport at 8:35 a. m. Robert Dale finished second, bring- ng bis American Moth to a landing at :50 a. m. S.

flying a Pheasant, ras third to land at 9:10. Other Classes Postponed Roosevelt Field, N. Sept of Class and Class alr- laaes la the transcontinental air erby was fostponed today until m. tomorrow because of unfavor- weather. Officials had decided earlier to postpone the flight, but pilots protest- and the postponement was deterred ntll finally It was ascertained that vcn west-bound air mall planes could ot take off today.

It was ths slsth postponement twenty eight hours. WEATHER HERE AND THERB Washlngtoa; Seat P.J-- Ilghest temperatures yesterday an4 last night In 12 cities were) ro orted by the weather bureau today at illows: ew York. N. t2 SI Vathlngton, U. C.

fl ST ew Orleans, La. SC 71 Vs Molnes. Iowa 71 maha, Nebr SO (0 elrna, Mont SO 41 eaver, Colo SC Ct Paso, Texts SI nma, Arizona 10! 71 pokane. Wash. 7( an Francisco, Cillf.

SI (I rrsno, Calif..